A celebration of
history, language,
and culture in the African Diaspora

Monday, October 27, 2008

Photo & Poem~ My lady

My Lady

My lady is as fine as a spring day is prettyand sweet as Ghetto Kool-AidYeah, she reminds me of a Negro Spiritualcause every time I get near herI just wanna Steal [her] Away to [me], and Lay Downmy Burden…down by the river side

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I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.Frantz Fanon, (Black Skins, White Mask - 1952, trans. 1967)